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August, 2008 
Have you heard of Giovanni Calone, the famous Italian singer/songwriter? No? No one? Not surprised. Neither have most Italians. How about Massimo Ranieri? How about a show of hands? Ah yes, I see that quite a few have heard of him. Well, they are actually one and the same person. You see, when Giovanni Calone started getting serious about his musical career, he knew he needed a stronger name. One that spoke of greatness and superiority. And “Giovanni” just wasn’t strong enough. So Giovanni became Massimo, and the rest is history.
In this culture class, we’ll be learning about the Italian first names Massimo/Massima and Roberto/Roberta. We’ll be finding out what these names mean, and some famous people that had these names. For more in Italian culture and language learning, come to ItalianPod101.com!
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It’s hard to really get a feel for Venice without coming here. We have canals. Gondolas. History. Unless you’re willing to flood the streets with seawater we don’t think that you’ll get the real atmosphere. But two parts of Venice that are easily reproduced elsewhere are the Italian language and Venetian food. We’ve combined the two in today’s audio lesson about Venetian food. (We also combining them at lunch today, talking Italian during our traditional Venetian meal!) In this series, we’ll use all Italian blogs to explore the people and places of Italy. Today immerse yourself in Italian, and learn about Venice and its food, while learning Italian. For the English translation, review exercises, and for easier courses on Italian, visit ItalianPod101.com! Ciao!
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If you don’t know what a conditional sentence is, don’t worry, you’re reading one right now. If you’d like to learn how to form conditional sentences in Italian, come to ItalianPod101.com . When you listen to today’s lesson, you’ll hear a clear and concise explanation on how to form them. If you have any questions, be sure to ask Cinzia or Marco in the message boards. And if you’re still not sure what a conditional sentence is, you’ve just finished reading four of them.
As we mentioned, in today’s lesson we’ll be learning Italian conditional sentences. These will help to take your Italian language skills to the next level. For more Italian language learning material, including easier courses, online review questions and the accompanying PDF, come to Italianpod101.com!
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Anna just came back home after a Saturday evening watching a soccer match with Peter and she is having a conversation about Peter with Elena. Anna jokingly asked about Peter’s brother again, and he didn’t seem too pleased about it.
Boys are always a topic of conversation when tra ragazze…
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One of the most meaningful things we talk about is the past. We can share important and entertaining experiences by describing past events and situations. Just imagine trying to speak English without referring to the past. It’s just about impossible! That’s why this Italian lesson is so important. In today’s newbie lesson, we will be analyzing the imperfetto tense of the verbs essere (”to be”) and avere (”to have”) to talk about past situations and experiences. Please, note that the explanation regarding the appropriate contexts where to employ imperfetto tense, along with the correct word stress for all three conjugations, will be provided in the review lesson on the imperfetto tense. 
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